Crooks at JFK airport got away with a massive iPad mini heist. They made away with a $1.5 million loot from the same location where the 1978 Lufthansa heist that was featured in the movie "Goodfellas" took place.
On Monday evening, some savvy thieves were able to get past security at John F. Kennedy International airport and pull off a massive iPad mini heist. According to the New York Post, the crooks arrived at Building 261 at the airport at around 11 p.m. Using a white tractor trailer marked CEVA, they pulled up alongside the building where the 1978 Lufthansa heist, in which thieves stole $6 million worth of cash and jewels. The heist was documented in the 1990 Scorsese film "Goodfellas.
They then used one of JFK's forklifts to load two packages of the iPads onto their truck. They got their hands on about 3,600 iPad minis which had just arrived from China and were set to be shipped around the U.S. by shipping company Cargo Airport Services. The thieves could have made off with three more packages, but an airport worker who was returning from his dinner break presented a challenge.
Sources believe it was an inside job as they knew what they were after, they knew how to access a forklift, and someone let them in and out of the area, helping them get away with their tablet treasures.
Airport workers are being investigated and three have been given polygraph tests so far, according to the Post.
Those who ordered an iPad mini recently may be waiting a little longer for it to arrive. Apple customers were informed on Tuesday that iPad mini orders were in the process of being shipped.
"If so, it's possible that ... 3,600 expectant Apple fans are going to be disappointed, but Apple could also very theoretically redirect stock destined for store shelves to make up the difference," Techcrunch reported.
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